Bag or valise frame



(No Mdel.)

W. ROEMER.

BAG OR VALISE FRAME.

No. 858,988l Patented Mar. 8, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM ROEMER, OF NEVARK, NEW' JERSEY.

BAG OR VALISE FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 358,988, dated March 8, 1887.

Application filed October 11, 1851.6. Serial No. 215,922.

To aZZ whom4 it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM ROEMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bag or Valise Frames; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to secure increased strength or rigidity in the frame,and to enable the said frame to be covered with leather with greater facility and at a reduced cost of labor and expenditure of material.

The invention consists in the improved bag or valise frame having a series of pcrforations therein, whereby the body may be sewed thereto, and having an overhanging bead or projection and a groove formed thereon and therein, to protect the edge of said bag and to cause the body material to turn away from said frame; and it further consists in providing such a perforated and beaded frame with a cleat on the inner side thereotto add strength to the frame, to cover and conceal the edge of the covering material of the frame, as illusrated in Figure 4, and to provide a suitable seat for a lock-case.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters represent corresponding parts in eachof the several figures thereof, Fig. l is a side elevation of a portion of a frame embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side, and Fig. 3 an end, elevation, parts being broken away, showing the frame with the covering removed; and Fig. 4. is a section showing the covering in place.

In said drawings, a indicates a portion of a jaw or section of a bag-frame, bent so as to form in cross-section a right-angular or approximately right-angular plate, provided with an overhanging bead or projecting ridge, i, at or near the angle in said plate, a groove or recess, g, and a series of perforations, f, the object of said ridget' being to cover or conceal the edge 'of the body fabric or material of the (No model.)

bag proper when sewed to the frame through said perforationsf, and the obj ect of said groove g being to give a suitable turn to said body material m, as shown in Fig. 4. The lower or inner portion, k, of said angular frame is formed to depend from the upper or outer portion, c", at or approximately at right angles thereto, so that when the strengtheningcleat or inlay is secu red in place it will also lie at or approximately at right angles to said outer portion, and thus provide a seat for the lock-case or catch d, and enable the fingerpiece 7L of the said lock or catch to extend through asuitable perforation in the said outer portion, af, at right angles thereto, as will be understood.

To the inside of the lower port-ion, k, of the angular jaw or section a, below the groove g, the said inlay c may be riveted or otherwise secured so as to project below the edge of said portion 7c, thus concealing from view the said edge and the edge or edges of the framecovering leather, as in Fig. 4r, and giving a finished appearance to the inside of the bag orvalise. The said inlay not only gives a iinish to the frame, but adds materially to its strength. I

By this construction the covering of leather or other material of the jaws or sections, which may be previously cemented thereto, may extend from a point just under the upper edge of the inlay c, around the upper portion, ai, of said jaw or section, to the perforations f under the body material, said covering being thus concealed at its opposite edges, and a smaller piece of covering material required to secure a proper tnish, as will be understood.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new is The improved bag or satchel frame herein described, which consists, essentially, in a jawsection, c, angular in cross-section and having a series of perforations, by means of which the body may be sewed to the frame, and an overhanging bead or projecting ridge at or near the angle in said plate and above or at the outer side of said perforations, to cover and conceal the edge of the body fabric or material when the latteris sewed in place, the lower or inner portion, It, of said frame-section being IOO formed at or approximately at right angles to In testimony that Claim the foregoing I the upper or outer portion, a, and providing have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of a seatforan inlay, c, and said inlay or Strengthl October, 1886.

WM. ROEMER.

ening-oleat riveted or otherwise secured to the 5 inner side of the section k, all said parts being arranged and combined substantially as and 'for the purposes set forth.

Vitnesses:

WM. S. CORWIN, CHARLES H. PELL. 

